<p><i>Besides the highly selective schools in CA (Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech, Harvey Mudd):</i></p><i>
<p>San Jose State has a great CS program.</p>
</i><p><i>Check out UC Santa Barbara for physics.</i></p>
<p>I was looking a UCSB,but they don’t offer an astrophysics program only Berkley,UCLA,UCSC do.</p>
<p>Any chance of getting into San Diego State University?
I mean it basically UCal(similar research funding)but a bit easier to get into.
And It would be easier to say transfer into Berkley or UCLA if I really did well.</p>
<p>Look at the names
MIT
Caltech’
UCal:SC
UCal:Davis
UC:SD</p>
<p>I am EXTREMELY excited about Phoenix landing on a Mar and checking for water,organic matter and the possibility of primitive life. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for this. And it is Caltech’s *****. </p>
<p>I know a lot of are going to people telling me, It doesn’t matter where you go to school and that you will get a similar education anywhere. That may be true, but what about the opportunities? Those are what count.</p>
<p>I mean only certain college offer the best OPPURTUNITIES
A student success is normally detirmed by a few things from what I see
A)Drive
B)Good Professors
C)A good team
D)Lots of Research Money</p>
You could, but transfer from CSU to UC is difficult.</p>
<p>If UCSC has the program you’re looking for, go for it. When you apply to UCs, it’s all on the same application. All you do is check off additional campuses on the application and submit the additional fees…little effort to apply to multiple UC schools.</p>
<p>Nope, the science team is based at the University of Arizona, which has an excellent astronomy department. JPL is responsible for the project management. </p>
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<p>Not all those opportunities are based at a school. JPL, among other NASA centers, offers summer internships. Nor are all opportunities just at a few schools. I know of professors at many, many colleges and universities not named at all in this thread that offer research opportunities to interested and commited undergrads. There are many possibilities for someone with drive.</p>
<p>While it is difficult I imagine it is a lot easier I mean UC:B and UC:SC, since that qualify me for state residence…right?
Because right now, I have a much better chance at something like USC then anything in the UCal system.</p>
<p>Question…When You apply in the UCal/SU System to you apply to the actual college of your major?
Like for example, If you apply to Berkeley for CSEE(Computer Science/Electrical Engineering) Do you apply College of Engineering?</p>
<p>Also, How hard is the University of Washington to get into?
They are one of the only colleges in the country to offer all the majors I am interested in… </p>
<p>USC will likely give better financial aid for an OOS student.</p>
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No, the university has a standard application. Some majors are more popular than others and are thus “impacted”. You can select a preferred major on your application. If you’re admitted to the university for that major, then you become a resident of that particular college.</p>
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Less selective <em>I think</em> for OOS admissions than the UC system.</p>
<p>They are pretty confusing
So it isn’t as easy as paying taxes(I would have to anyways), getting a driver license, and applying for citizenship?
They seem to…monitor you.
For example if I went home during break, they can revoke your state tuition.</p>
<p>I mean as of now, I am barely a resident of Rhode Island… I don’t pay taxes, I don’t have my full drivers license, I am not registered to vote.</p>
<p>I mean I don’t understand, I mean I am basically saying to California ’ HEY I PLAN TO LIVE IN YOUR STATE…and PAY TAXES"… They should offer a program where if you DO become a resident, they refund the difference.</p>
<p>BTW, I kinda know my chances are slim for some of the places I like, but give me a college where I have a chance to transfer or to apply to graduate school at a school of my choice.</p>
<p>“demonstrate financial independence. Unmarried undergraduates from other states qualify as financially independent if they were not claimed by their parents or others as dependents for tax purposes for two preceding tax years and if their annual income is sufficient to meet their needs.”</p>
<p>If you go to SDSU (or any other CA public university) and are paying OOS tuition AND working with a job to pay for all your needs, then maybe you can qualify for in-state tuition when you transfer.</p>
<p>What about UCal:SC or Riverside?
I mean academically I should be OK and it is a fit.
But only 3% of students are OOS.
I don’t know if it because OOS people don’t apply or because they don’t accept them.</p>
<p>^ Well, it’s because UCs are expensive for OOS students. There are likely other options that will give equivalent educations for a cheaper price.</p>
<p>Well, the bright side is that even if you don’t get into a perfect undergraduate school, you can always end up there in graduate school. It won’t be easy, but some people do it (the school I’m going to, WPI, is not very selective, but it sends a person or two to MIT/Harvard/Princeton/Yale from time to time).</p>
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<li><p>If you want to get into schools like MIT you’ll first have to raise your GPA a good bit. Colleges look at the unweighted, not weighted, GPA. USC is also quite selective.</p></li>
<li><p>Surprised no-one has mentioned Santa Clara for CS. UC Riverside has some very good science programs, although it’s one of the least highly regarded campuses. You also should check the new UC Merced campus.</p></li>
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<p>Just keep plugging in the name of different colleges and check out the info you need. For example, the cost of attending San Jose State for OOS tuition, housing and fees would be $28,365 a year according to the data provided. </p>
<p>Also, since you mentioned NASA and UCSC, perhaps you should also look at Colorado-Boulder, which receives the second highest amount of NASA funding in the country, so there’s likely to be abundant opportunities there.</p>
<p>I though colelge look at what your school submits, like if you school weights, they submit weighted, if they don’t, they submit unweighted. </p>
<p>For example, UC uses the UC GPA system, honors and AP classes add a whole point to your GPA from what I here. So a B in a AP class is like a A normally right?</p>
<p>I do plan to raise my GPA a lot. But it still is snowy since a grade like a A in my Honor/AP classes are worth 6 credits, compared to the normal 5.
Also is GPA just a flat 4,3,2,1…etc Or is like a B+ worth more then a B. A+ more then an A?</p>
<p>I am iffy on Merced as well. It seem…broken at the moment. It is nice that it is new and it may get better in 2 years, but it is still seems too new. It has 1700 people and 89 professors…That is like a large high school. The area is nice though…</p>
<p>I would really like to go to California to tour a lot of these places, but it is just so much money right now…Maybe if I am accepted, I’ll check it out.</p>
<p>Also, Is ED allowed for OOS in UCal?</p>
<p>I am looking a Colorado-Boulder and Texas A&M. Boulder has Weinem and Texas A&M works a lot with Berkeley and National Labs on Physic and CS.
I have also been looking at Purdue.</p>